Re: Hotdesking and performance questions with SBS.
From: SuperGumby [SBS MVP] (not_at_your.nellie)
Date: 02/28/05
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Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 13:54:37 +1100
*Hotdesking - you need to research 'roaming profiles' (the old way) or
'folder redirection' (newer). Roaming profiles works well if all worstations
which a user logs onto have all applications which the user accesses
installed. It can be problematic if there are different versions or update
status on the WS's. Folder Redirection is cleaner.
*Performance - I would expect a basic Dell server to be more than sufficient
for 10 users. I prefer SCSI based systems but some of the entry level Dells
use SATA. SATA drives are, for the most part, not designed for 24*7
operation. SOME SATA drives are basically SCSI drives with SATA interfaces,
look for drives with 36/72GB capacity vs 40/80, the SCSI-like drives will
also have quicker specs and longer MTBF figures. TTBOMK Dell will not supply
such drives in the basic SATA configs. Any current CPU should suffice. Give
it 2GB RAM.
It's a server, it also needs:
RAID (1 or 5)
Backup, I suggest SCSI DDS minimum, some people don't like DDS and depending
on capacity you may do well to go to LTO, DLT or better.
UPS.
<Gregory.Spencer@lycos.co.uk> wrote in message
news:1109557271.627104.22230@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
> My recent crash course in SBS has left my brain hot but I like it.
> However 2 areas where I have questions:
>
> * Hotdesking - Assuming staff in office have 5 CAL licences, when they
> come in to the office, can they go to use any PC they like and log in
> without any performance impact. Maybe I ask this because I am still in
> the mindset of having all the files stored locally on a particular PC.
> If they later go to another PC in the office, all of their fiels etc,
> will have to be downloaded.
>
> Can anyone clarify my understanding here? Is it faster for a user to
> stick to the same PC, or is there only an intial slowdown while files
> are retrevied? Does this truly create an environment where they really
> can swap PC's and pickup from where they left off?
>
> * Performance - assuming they can hot desk in a way described above
> that actually works effectively, is there not a huge impact in
> performance on the server? I was thinking of buying an entry level Dell
> server for SBS which would be supporting up to 10 users, but suddenly
> I'm thinking, they are going to notice a big performance drop when
> compared to their current individual PC setup.
> What solutions are there in place to address performance issues and do
> I actually need to go for a big expensive server?
>
> Kind regards
>
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